Feedback: Many readers say U.S. must avoid military action in Syria

Readers flooded the comment section of Freep.com with their thoughts on whether the U.S. should intervene in Syria following the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:

Did we learn nothing from the last debacle? And the one before that? We cannot afford the money and lives another conflict will cost. We are a nation falling apart at the seams. Pull back our military, stop policing the world and start spending more resources in our own country.

Detroit is on the verge of bankruptcy, and we're going to send trillions more and more of our men and women to another country to fix their problems? Charity begins at home. Fix our problems first. Invest in our own cities instead of bleeding money in other countries that are a lost cause.

Jeff Peck

The problem is, doing nothing is not an option. Obama stuck a challenge out there, and they took it. Now, we have to act or appear to lack resolve, which will open the door to other such attacks from other rogue regimes. Like it or not, America is the stick that helps hold other countries in line. Do you think South Korea would be safe without that threat?

Strategic bombing of military targets that are known to hold these types of weapons would be my choice, so long as they can be destroyed safely without danger to the surrounding populace. If he can't use his toys properly, we will take them away. No boots on the ground. No regime change. No support to the rebels. Just a punitive response for his violation of international law.

Mike Sprang

The United States has evidence showing that the government of Syria used sarin against its own people. So what? Not our problem!

Raymond Smith

Give some rogue nation the right to use deadly gas with no consequences, then what's next?

William Garbonzo

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Feedback: Many readers say U.S. must avoid military action in Syria

Readers flooded the comment section of Freep.com with their thoughts on whether the U.S.